In the mid- 60’s there were only two loose knit rugby groups in Colorado, Colorado School of Mines  and University of Colorado . Some Lacrosse players from the Denver Lacrosse Club got together a group of guys several times in 1966 or early 1967 to play Rugby against the Mines and CU groups.  They never had enough players and always had to recruit heavily from the opposition, but...

The Denver Barbarians Rugby Football Club (the Barbos) was founded in 1967.  The initial members were men that had been playing rugby with some of the local collegiate teams or were Lacrosse players that wanted to learn new skills.   The Barbos were the first club side and became the standard for post collegiate rugby in the region.      With the growth...

Super League (15’s)  1999               CHAMPIONS Division I (15’s)  1981                3rd place 1982                2nd place 1985               ...

DENVER BARABARIANS RFC US EAGLES As of 15 July 2009   Name Position 7s Caps 15s Caps Years Playing with Barbos Years Capped with US Eagles Doug  Straehley Scrumhalf   2 1980-89 1983-84 Dave  Poquette Number 8 11   1981-89 1988-90 Fred  Paoli Prop   20 1983-91 1982-83, 85-89,...